Hey guys! How was your weekend? Hope it was awesome :)
A lot of people have asked me why I decided to go natural and when people first started asking I used to try and come up with a good answer. Some people have some deep reasons for going natural but I never did so I used to try and explain how my hair didn't used to get relaxed no matter what kind of relaxer I used anyway or that I didn't like straight hair.
To be honest, my hair actually didn't stay relaxed for more than 2 weeks. Like 2 weeks after relaxing it people would be asking me 'your hair is due oh when last did you relax it'. I kept getting stronger relaxers but they would just burn my scalp and my hair would refuse to get straight and I kept having to straighten my leave out whenever I did weaves.
But the main reason when I went natural was out of curiousity. My hair wasn't cutting or looking unhealthy in my eyes so I guess I wanted to try something new. I mostly did braids and sometimes weaves and when I had my hair out I would just put it in a side part and pack it. My cousins had gone natural like a year before and I thought it was cute but I had always thought people went natural when they wanted to start growing their hair again maybe so that they could relax it after.
I don't remember which one it was but I stumbled on a YouTube video with a girl with long natural hair and then I watched a few more YouTube videos and I was like oh.. so there are other options apart from braids, weaves and side parts. I also couldn't remember what my natural hair looked like because I relaxed it when I was 10. The memories I had of my natural hair were mostly made of thick, full hair that broke combs but for some reason that didn't really discourage me.
I was quite curious to see what my natural hair would look like and actually start taking care of my hair and I was so excited to try things like protein treatments, bentonite clay and do some cute natural hairstyles.
For a long time I couldn't really answer the question because I had so many reasons. Over 2 years after going natural, I can finally say that I went natural because I was curious about natural hair and I think that's a good enough reason :)
Do you have natural hair or are you planning on going natural? What are your reasons?
Oyime :)
I am natural, and to be honest, I went natural because my best friend did and i unconsciously somehow stopped with the relaxers. When I saw ypour sister's hair after a year, I thought..wow. i finally decided to go natural. i wasn't into youtube then, so i didn't know that it could be helpful. Plus, my relaxed hair was a stagnant, stiff mess so i was like..it can't be worse than this, so why not? its been hard for me, but i am sticking it out :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing :) I'm sure it'll get easier over time
DeleteWas natural once, got fed up but looking at natural hair these days just makes me want to go natural again :(
ReplyDeleteoh nd my reason would be cos i think my hair grows faster being natural that otherwise *shrug*
Hey Jenny! You should try again and see how it goes. You might find it easier this time :)
DeleteI want to go natural and I'm here researching on how to take care of my Nigerian natural hair and I stumbled on your blog... #smiles
ReplyDeleteWhat hair products do you suggest I start off with?
I'm currently on dreads and I've been using castor oil for my roots...planning to cut off the relaxed edges when I take this off. Scared of the big chop.
what do you suggest?
Hello! Welcome :D
DeleteIf you're doing the big chop the main things you need to have are a rinse out conditioner (I'll recommend v05 to start with) because it's cheap and easy to find and a leave in conditioner like Cantu, Shea Moisture, etc. You can keep using castor oil since it works for you or you can try coconut oil or olive oil.
The big chop isn't as scary as it seems and you might just end up loving how you look with short hair. If you're not comfortable with it you can always do braids or wear a wig (This was what I told myself before my big chop and it helped but I ended up loving my short hair).
Good luck :) :)
i really love this post. Can you do one on what to do first when you go natural. I am thinking about going natural again and i want to do the right thing this time. what products to use, steps to take to take care of natural hair. products that worked for you exactly because i am unsure of whatever product to buy and what to do with them
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